On connectivity maintenance problems in planetary robotics MANET

Abstract

This paper presents some challenges considering planetary MANET networks deployment. The radio visibility distance between robotic nodes is determined, and the duration of a communication session between two neighboring robotic devices is estimated. The duration of the communication session with the mutual movement of the nodes using a retransmission is defined. The dependence of the maximum number of retransmissions of a packet with a given probability of delivery on the number of devices in the radio visibility is obtained.